Officials Investigating Basement Fire At City Hotel

Officials Investigating Basement Fire At City Hotel

Officials say they are investigating an underground electrical fire at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Baltimore. (Photo taken by WBAL's Thomas Culp)

Crews from Baltimore Gas and Electric and the city fire department were called to the hotel around 8:30 a.m. (Photo taken by WBAL's Thomas Culp)

City Fire officials say they are investigating a basement electrical fire that happened in the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Baltimore Wednesday morning.

Fire officials say crews from Baltimore Gas and Electric and the city fire department were called to the hotel around 8:30 a.m. When they arrived on the scene, they found a transformer in the basement of the hotel that had exploded and caught on fire.

According to officials, BGE cut off power to building to get inside and check out the damage.

Fire crews say there was no risk of the fire spreading.

Fire officials say nearly 100 guests were in the hotel when the fire occurred. However, no one was injured.

"It's an underground vault that's two floors below ground and is completely encased in concrete," Fire Department Spokesman James Green told WBAL-TV. "There's no hazard to the occupants or employees of the hotel."

Guests will be placed in another hotel if needed, hotel officials say.